# TNT HANDLE WITH CARE WWII MUNITIONS DOCUMENTARY 33074

The 1943 documentary film HANDLE WITH CARE is the 11th film produced by the National Film Board of Canada in a series of films produced for the Department of Munitions and Supply. The short documentary looks at the industrial chemical plants that produce Canada’s explosives, a booming industry resulting from Canada’s wartime mobilization. The film begins by looking at large industrial complexes, complete with harmful byproducts such as acid water ( 00:41 ). Prairie factories harness Canada’s natural gas reserves and turn it into ammonia ( 02:54 ). Men work in mountain factories and mines to produce ammonia nitrate ( 03:26 ). Thousands of men and women who work in this industry change from their street clothes into sterile safety gear every day to do their jobs ( 04:47 ). Some of the people most responsible for expanding Canada’s industrial chemical industry are the industrial chemists ( 05:30 ). Nitric acid is one of the most crucial chemicals, and the film explains its role by describing TNT’s chemical makeup, production, and the chemical results of igniting the explosive ( 07:10 ). The explosive plants also produce cordite or nitrocellulose powder, the propellants used with TNT-filled shells ( 09:07 ). A major focus of the film is the vital role women play in the production of explosives at the plants. Women weigh and bag cordite ( 11:16 ), fill ignitor pads, make caps and detonators ( 11:42 ), and examine fuses ( 13:03 ). Many women working in the explosives plants live…

- Kind: Documentary
- Genres: War, Documentary, Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/33074TNTHandleWithCare)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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